419 scam: "Dr. Andrew Young"<andrew_y34@yahoo.com> THANK YOU!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "kojo.mills@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Andrew Young" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <a.young2249@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:56:35 -0800
Subject: THANK YOU!

Dear Friend,

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Saudi Arabia; presently I am in Riyadh for an investment project with my own share of the total sum.

However, I didnt forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow. Please contact my secretary Mr. Kojo Mills through his email, kojo.mills@live.com and ask him to send you the total of $1.5m which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist me in the matter.

Accept that token from me, I appreciate your efforts very much. Get in touch with him and instruct him on where to wire the amount to, also do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together. At the moment I am very busy here because of the investment project which I and my partner are working on.

Finally, remember that I have forwarded the PIN CODE: “INJECTION” to him so you have to say the pin before he can wire the money to you, so feel free to get in touch with him, he will wire the amount to you without delay.

Best regards

Dr. Andrew Young

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